Alessandro Nini Explained

Alessandro Nini (born in Fano near Pesaro, 1 November 1808^[1]  - died in Bergamo, 27 December 1880) was an Italian composer of operas and church music, also chamber music and symphonies.^[2] Of the eight operas he composed, La marescialla d'Ancre is considered his best work. He also contributed to a portion of Messa per Rossini. Specifically the fifth section of II. Sequentia, Ingemisco for solo tenor and chorus.

He was better known as the husband of soprano Marianna Barbieri-Nini.

Operas

• Ida della torre (11 November 1837, Venice)
• La marescialla d'Ancre (23 July 1839, Padua)
• Cristina di Svezia (6 June 1840, Genoa)
• Margherita d'Yorck (21 March 1841, Venice)
• Odalisa (19 February 1842, Milan)
• Virginia (21 February 1842, Genoa)
• La marescialla d'Ancre [rev] (1 May 1847, Milan)
• Il corsaro (25 September 1847 Turin)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nini: La Marescialla d'Ancre - Classics Today . 2023-05-26 . www.classicstoday.com.
2. Foley . Daniel . 2005 . La marescialla d'Ancre. Alessandro Nini . The Opera Quarterly . en . 21 . 4 . 758–763 . 10.1093/oq/kbi063 . 1476-2870.